Apple-parer.



No. 7l0,35l. Patented Sept. 30, I902. M. B. BROOKS.

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APPLE PAREB.

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No. 7l0,35l. Patented Sept. 30, I902.

M. B. BROOKS APPLE PABER.

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NITED STATES PATENT FFICE.

MYRON B. BROOKS, OF NASHVILLE, MICHIGAN, ASSIGNOR TO GOODELL COMPANY, OFANTRIM, NEW HAMPSHIRE.

APPLE -PARER.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 710,351, datedSeptember 30, 1902. Application filed May 2 2, 1902. $eria1 to. 108,510.(No model.)

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, MYRON'" B. BROOKS, a citizen of the United States,residing at Nashville, in the county of. Barry and State of Michigan,.have invented an Improvement in Apple-Parers, of which the followingdescription, in connection with the accompanying drawings, is aspecification, like characters on the drawings representing like parts.

This invention has for its object the production of a novel apple-parerusing a 'plurality of forks that are moved to place the apples carriedthereby in position to be pared, the machine having coring mechanism andmeans to discharge the core from the fork after the apple has beenremoved by the coring device.

Figure 1 is a right-hand side elevation of an apple-parer embodying myinvention; Fig. 1, an enlarged view of the arm C. Fig. 2 is a left-handside view of the machine shown in Fig. 1; Fig. 3, a section inthe line00, Fig. 2; Fig. 4, a section in the line at, Fig.

2; Fig. 5, a detail'to be referred to, and Fig;

6 shows a longitudinal section of the forkspindle broken out.

The framework A of the machine is of suitable shape to sustain theworking parts. The upper part of the framework has bosses A, in whichslides the rod A that actuates the paring and coring mechanism to bedescribed.

Therod A has secured to it by a set-screw B an ear A extended from acarriage A, having a foot A that travels in a guideway behind a bar A.The carriage A has a camslot 13, the lower, end of which is entered in-.

termittingly byapin B carried by a toothed drive-wheel'B mounted -on astud B said pin reciprocating said carriage, thecarriage.

moving first inwardly and then outwardly. The carriage has projectingears 13 that receive loosely a rock-shaft B having secured to its lowerend a turn-table B having suitable projections B that as the carriage isslid engage suitable teeth 0 of a bar 0, secured by a bolt 0 to theframe, said teeth causing the turn-table to be turned in one andthen inan opposite direction. The rockshaft 13 has an arm 0 clamped to itsupper end, said arm having at its extremity afulcrum a, and near saidfulcrum said arm has .to sustain a plurality of apples. "work hassuitable bearings d and d, that susa tapering hole a. The knife-head aprovided with the usual knife a is secured to the lower end of'anL-shaped rod 0;, the horizontal end of which is notched, as at a toreceive a spring a, the lower end of which engages suitable notches ofan extension 7 of the turn-table. The arm or is sustained so that it mayrock on the fulcrum a in the taperedhole a, and the arm, between itsfulcrum and the knife-head, is free to be moved to and fro in a slot a(see Fig. 5) cut in the turn-table, the spring a acting normally to keepthe arm seated in the end of theslot, the arm moving outwardly in saidslot to adapt it to the size of the apple being cut.

The carriage A has depending from its outer end a lug b, the lower endof which is shaped to constitute a doiferb, and said arm .sustains astud b that constitutes a fulcrum for the carrier b, that sustains thecorer b. The upper end of the carrier has two projections (1 b saidprojections contacting with the vunder side of the bar a during theinward and outward movements of the carriage while the corer is actingto enter theapple, and while the corer sustaining the apple is beingwithdrawn from the fork a recess b in the carrier is entered by a stud bfixed to the framework, said stud entering said recess and tipping thecarrier as the carriage is moving into its farthest outward position,thus causing the .corer to occupy an inclined position and force theapple thereon against the dofier, thus providing for the discharge ofthe cored applefrom the corer.

The machine herein describedvis adapted The frametain a rotary shaft Dprovided. near one end with a star-wheel D having, as shown, three likestuds-D extended from three like pro- 3' ections left by the formationof three recesses D The star-wheel and shaft D are moved intermitti'nglyby a-gear-D moved continuously by a pinion D fast on the main shaft Dsaid shaft-being actuated in any usual manner by means of a belt on apulley surrounding said shaft, either a clutch-pulley or any other usualor suitable driving means. The gear D is provided with a notch 0 and aprojection 0, having a cam-surface c, that is represented as somewhatconvexed, this surface in the rotation of the gear in the direction ofthe arrow thereon meeting one after the other the projections D and theworking surfaces 2 3 tot the star-wheel D and starting the same and theshaft D in motion. The surface 0 commences to act on the surfaces 2 3 4of the star-Wheel near their ends and finishes its action on saidsurfaces near the bottoms of the notches, and as the surface 0'completes its action on the surfaces 2 3 4: the projections D enter theslot 0 and thereafter the slot in the rotation of the wheel D turns theshaft D Owing to the peculiar construction of the surface 0 of the slotand the working faces 2 3 4 of the wheel D it is possible to rotate theshaft D at a variable speed, it starting slowly from a position of rest,and during the first third of each movement the speed of the shaftgradually increases until one of the projections D enters the cam-slot 0and thereafter the speed of the shaft is about the same as when thesurface 0' ceases to act. A slow starting of the shaft and the parts, tobe described, carried by it adds very materially to the stability of themachine, for the parts carried by said shaft are quite heavy and if themovement is quick are liable to be strained out of working position andthe parts broken. 7

The shaft D has secured adjustably to it by suitable set-screws 4 twospiders E E, each a counterpart of the other, each spider presenting, asherein represented, three arms having hubs bored in alinement with theshaft for the reception of a plurality of fork-spindles E each spindlebeing represented as a tube and having secured to its outer end a likefork e, the inner end of each spindle having a pinion a, each spindlehaving a collar 6 that coacts with one of the spiders, as E, to limitthe outward movement of the forkspindle. By employing two of thesespiders they may be adjusted at suitable distances apart to constitutetwo bearings for each fork-' spindle, and owing to the capability ofadjusting the spiders about the shaft D it is possible to exactlyalinethe longitudinal centers of the fork-spindles with the longitudinalcenter of the shaft D Each fork-spindle receives in it a core-dischargere As the apples are shoved on the forks in succession,

this being done, preferably, while the shaft D is at rest, the applesacting on the core-discharger push the rear end of said dischargeroutwardly against a curved stop-plate e (see Fig. 3,) that embraces theshaft D said stopplate being secured in suitable manner to theframework. The stop-plate has a suitable recess, as 10, in whichnormally rests a device F, represented as a lever pivoted at F, thatisheld normally bya suitable spring 12 against a stop 13, fixed withrelation to the framework. In the rotation of the wheel B a stud 14 atthe outer face thereof acts against the upper end of the arm and movesthe device F in a direction to act upon the outer'end of thecore-remover then opposite the space 10 and move said removerlongitudinally in the spindle and cause the outer end of the coreremoverto act upon the core in the fork and push the core from the fork, thisbeing done while the shaft and the spindles are substantially stationaryand about as the apple on another fork is being pared and the corer isentering the apple being pared. I

l"he wheel D has an outwardly-projecting flange 5, against which theprojections D act after leaving the slot 0*, and while each projectionrests on the outer face of said flange the shaft D is at rest, andduring this time a suitable gear e on a driven shaft 15 engages one orthe other of the pinions e at the end of a fork-spindle and rotates it,so that the apple on the fork being rotated is moved with relation tothe parer that the latter may core the apple. The shaft 15 moves at afaster speed than the shaft D the shaft 15 deriving its movementconstantly from a large gear 16 on the shaft D said large gear engaginga pinion 17 at the end of the shaft 15. The shaft D has a smallerbevel-gear 18, that engages the teeth of the gear B employed to actuatethe carriage.

Having described my invention, What I claim, and desire to secure byLetters Patent, is

"1. In an apple-parer, a paring-blade, a carriage to sustain said blade,means to move said carriage,a plurality of fork-spindles each providedwith a core-discharger, a stop-plate having an open space, said platearrestingthe 'core-dischargers in the position Where left by theapplication of an apple to afork, a lever, and means to move said leverthat its free end may pass through said space and meet and move forwardeach core-discharger independently to thereby discharge the cores fromeach fork in succession.

2. In an appleparer, a shaft, bearings for each end of said shaft, aplurality of spiders adjustably secured to said shaft at a distanceapart between said shaft-bearings,each spider having a plurality ofbearings, a plurality of fork-carrying spindles sustained in thebearings of said spiders, means to rotate the spider-carrying shaftintermittingly at a varying speed, said means comprising acontinuously-rotatable pinion, a gear having a camsurface and astar-wheelhaving curved faces, and means to rotate said fork-spindlesone after the other while said shaft is at rest and while the paringmechanism is acting to pare an apple.

3. In an apple-parer, ashaft havinga connected notched wheel providedwith a plurality of projections, each notch having an acting surface,combined with a continuouslyrotating wheel having anoutwardly-projecting flange, a slotat the end of said flange, and aconvexed working surface at adistance from said slot, said workingsurface in the rotation of the wheel acting first upon one or the otherof the faces of the notched wheel starting the shaft slowly, the slotfinally embracing a projection of said wheel and com- In testimonywhereof I have signed my pleting the movement of the shaft, the pronameto this specification in the presence of jection thereafter being actedupon by the two subscribing witnesses.

faces of the flange whereby the shaft carry- MYRON 13. BROOKS. 5 ing thefork-spindles may be rotated inter- Witnesses:

mittingly and started slowly to thus avoid W. I. MARBLE,

shock and strain of the machine. 1 THEOD. O. DOWNING.

